Entertainment
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U-46 TalentFest competition will showcase top performers from district high schoolsMar 07, 2025 10:19 am - Elgin Area School District U-46's talented high schoolers will showcase their skills at the 14th annual TalentFest on March 19 at the Hemmens in Elgin.
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Authorities: Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife died of hantavirus about 1 week earlier in Santa Fe
Mar 07, 2025 6:59 am - Authorities revealed Friday that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease and showed severe signs of Alzheimer’s disease a full week after his wife died of hantavirus in their home.
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It was a lucky day for St. Charles when Ron Onesti strolled into townMar 07, 2025 5:30 am - Tri-Cities’ “Greatest Showman” Ron Onesti, owner of the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, has been inducted into the virtual Rock Godz Hall of Fame.
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Ron Onesti: A Badfinger, but a great guyMar 07, 2025 3:49 am - We lost Joey Molland this week to pneumonia and complications of diabetes at the age of 77. Another wonderful person gone too soon, Joey was best known as the guitarist in the Welsh pop-rock band, “Badfinger.” We not only lost a true pioneer and talent, but also one of the warmest, soft-spoken and sweetest people I have ever been blessed to know.
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Lisle’s French market gets room to growMar 06, 2025 5:29 pm - Lisle trustees say “oui” to French market move downtown and new food truck markets.
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The most anticipated movies of spring 2025
Mar 06, 2025 4:58 pm - Good and evil, love and hate — these are perennial themes of cinema. But this spring, the dualities seem sharper, at times with literal on-screen twinning. Robert De Niro (“The Alto Knights”) and Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”) are each playing double roles.
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Lady Gaga strikes a chord: The superstar singer rekindles passion for music with new album ‘Mayhem’
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Roy Ayers, a jazz legend who influenced hip-hop and R&B musicians, dies at 84
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28th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade to honor Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food PantryMar 06, 2025 1:34 pm - Elmhurst's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 8 features over 80 floats, dancers, bands, and more. Grand marshal is the Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry which aided over 32,000 people in 2023.
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The Greggory brings American classics with Mediterranean flair to South BarringtonMar 06, 2025 11:59 am - The Greggory, a new Mediterranean-influenced American restaurant with live-fire cooking, opens Friday in the Arboretum of South Barrington.